The Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Community Contributor

Founded in 1994, the Carpenter Performing Arts Center seats more than 1,000 patrons. The Center is named after pop music duo Richard and Karen Carpenter, who both attended California State University, Long Beach. For more than 20 years, the Carpenter Center has brought hundreds of professional performances to the CSULB campus. Both established stars and the gifted talent of the future have delighted Carpenter Center audiences with music, dance, comedy and much more.